Example sentences of "a good [noun sg] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | J : Sounds like quite a good song but the production 's weird . |
| 2 | You ca n't be a good lover , a good artist or a good politician without this capacity ( you can get away with it , but that 's not what I mean ) . |
| 3 | When it comes to installation , sound advice can be obtained from the Electricity Council , for electricity is a good servant but a poor master and the inexperienced should not tamper with its installation , especially in the presence of water . |
| 4 | The food in the hotel is of a good standard and a comprehensive snack service with a range of buffet style food is on offer . |
| 5 | We came out the other side of it with a temporary chauffeur , a good profit and a really first-rate new name : that of Hamilton de Souza . |
| 6 | ‘ We 'll be a good second and the Tories will be a bad third . ’ |
| 7 | A MAN of many parts , Warren Tute was thought by those who knew him only slightly to be a good raconteur and a popular member of the Garrick . |
| 8 | ‘ With a good wife and a good place and a son already to take over — ‘ |
| 9 | The Chinese are very good singers , and practically every other person seemed to have a good voice and a repertoire of songs , a lot of them popular revolutionary songs , but also they gave us a rendering of ‘ old Man River ’ and a few others , and we all rounded the occasion off with Rio Grande , Old MacDonald had a farm ( during which the Chairman of the Institute Revolutionary Committee looked a bit bemused ) and Auld Lang Syne. and I also did our bit , singing a few English songs including ‘ Turpin Hero ’ , and we even attempted a rendering of two Chinese songs from the opera ‘ the White-Haired Girl ’ , much to everybody 's amusement and applause . |
| 10 | Eileen Harman , the Chief Executive 's secretary , was a good friend but an uncomfortable foe . |
| 11 | He could be a good friend or the most dangerous of enemies . |
| 12 | I remember my doctor coming in my kitchen some time ago ( he 's a good friend and a gastronome and he wanted to learn ) . |
| 13 | Jacklin instanced the case of Jim Colbert , a good friend and a solid journeyman professional on the regular US Tour in his heyday , who has now made $1.8 million on the US Seniors Tour and pays his caddie $140,000 a year just to drive his clubs around the course in a golf kart . |
| 14 | As well as being a strict disciplinarian Captain Burrows was a good administrator and a born leader . |
| 15 | There 's the satisfaction in our home , and our family , in having a good home and a nice home and , a and the the material benefits that we are able to er , to achieve . |
| 16 | Their participation , particularly in the planning of new ‘ community care ’ schemes , is more of a good principle than a working practice . |
| 17 | and then , invited to be a good , to be a good mum and a good . |
| 18 | He is considered a good listener and a effective operator . |
| 19 | It 's often more an example of a good life or a special kindness . |
| 20 | He had to choose between a good life and a bad life , he thought . |
| 21 | Neither my sister nor I can remember exactly what we had for dinner , but we chose not merely a good cheese but a claret of which we hoped he would approve . |
| 22 | Willoughby de Broke saw something of himself in his grandmother , ‘ a good whip and a good horsewoman ’ , who taught him to ride and launched him on an obsessively pursued career in hunting . |
| 23 | The Alpha 40 series superseded the earlier devices offering a four line LCD display , a good keyboard and a 40,000 word vocabulary . |
| 24 | ‘ Speaking of which , ’ Herr Nordern , while quite happy to lounge back with a good cigar and a glass of whisky , was also ready for his meal . |
| 25 | But then he did n't enjoy the hustle and bustle of Swansea 's night-life , he preferred the warmth of his own fireside and the simple pleasures of a good cigar and a glass of brandy . |
| 26 | She was , fundamentally , a good person but the side we all saw at work was the side that could not cope with the constant expansion of the business . |
| 27 | But that said , Muriel is a good person and a hard worker . |
| 28 | They specify what makes a good person and a good teacher . |
| 29 | I prefer men who have some feminine tact and delicacy and sensitivity , and women who have some of the better masculine qualities — tenderness , protectiveness , a good brain and a humorous way of dealing with all the practical impossibilities of life . |
| 30 | Despite the time lost , he threw himself into his work and eventually , with a good brain and a determination to achieve , obtained qualification to become a surgeon in a children 's hospital . |